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Is your employer covered by Georgia workers’ compensation?
If you get hurt on the job or acquire a work-related illness, you may wonder if you can file for workers' compensation benefits to cover your medical costs and replace the wages you can't earn while you're unable to work. Since workers' compensation is a state...
Why do people take Xarelto?
You may have heard about the internal bleeding and other issues people have reported with the drug Xarelto, which led to a string of lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson. From these reports, it seems clear that no one should take the dangerous medication, and yet...
Malfunctions can happen in robotic surgery
Using robotic arms, doctors can manipulate the smallest of tools and perform surgery with precision in miniscule detail and with minimal invasiveness to the patient. The use of robotic equipment in the operating room has taken a page out of science fiction and...
Creating a safety culture at work
One of the best things an employer can do to keep workers safe is to create a culture where safety is clearly important, where avoiding injury is valued and where workers know that this is the case. Doing this means taking a lot of little steps. For instance,...
What’s the difference between partial and total disability?
Workers who get hurt on the job in Georgia will often need to file a workers' compensation claim for the time when they can't go back to work because of their injuries. It is common for many workers to initially receive partial disability if they can't do their job...
IVC filters: Not as safe as they seem
An IVC filter, also known as an inferior vena cava filter, is implanted into the IVC vein. This vein carries blood from the lower parts of the body to the heart. The goal of an implant like this is to prevent fatal lung clots from reaching the lungs. They may be used...
Will you wake up during surgery?
The idea of going in for major surgery, even when you know it’s the only option that you have, can be intimidating. You know there are risks. You don’t have much experience with it. You know that a mistake could be fatal or that something unexpected could happen to...
Is distracted driving really a widespread and serious safety issue?
Distracted driving has become a well-known social concern, with warnings popping up everywhere from primetime television shows to during commercials. Even companies that advertise on the radio may waste a few precious seconds of the airtime they paid for to advise...
Insulin pump failures could lead to serious patient injury
Will your doctor recommends a medical device and you undergo surgery to have a foreign object implanted in your body, you expect that that object has undergone rigorous testing and that the company manufacturing such devices would have very strict production quality...
Surgery accounts for 25% of medical malpractice claims
When we sign the consent forms for surgery, we expect a positive outcome. But according to a February 2020 report, surgery is cited as the second most common reason for a medical malpractice claim. In fact, the report revealed that one-fourth of medical malpractice...
